update :
Newswires are reporting that Lehman Brothers Investment bank, will file for bankruptcy as early as Sunday evening (US time).
Attempts to put together a deal to save the bank have failed with Barclays and Bank of America able to secure guarantees from the U.S. government, that the mortgage backed security portfolios of Lehman's would not be allowed to get any worse.
In addition it looks as though Merrill Lynch will merge with Bank of America. However, this still leaves the big problems of AIG and Washington Mutual in the marketplace.
Suggestion:
This will put pressure on the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates again in U.S.
We expect this drive EUR/USD higher still - (1.4500) and USD/JPY lower(below 105.00) AUD/JPY and NZD/JPY may come under pressure to the downside, but expect most of this to be due to lower USD/JPY.
AUD/USD and NZD/USD may dip initially on JPY cross selling, but should move higher along with the EUR/USD, on expectations of lower USD interest rates.
The market expects U.S. stocks to initially come under a lot of pressure on the open tonight.
I wouldn't rule out the possibility of an emergency rate cut from the Federal Reserve in the next few days, if the other U.S. banks start to tumble.
Regards
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